Berkeley County man sentenced to more than 12 years for selling heroin

Berkeley County man sentenced to more than 12 years for selling heroin

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on June 18, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - DeMarco Davis, Jr., also known as “Tipp," of Inwood, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 151 months incarceration for a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Davis, age 36, pled guilty to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin" in March 2018. Davis admitted to selling heroin in January 2017 in Berkeley County.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney C. Lydia Lehman, also with the Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office investigated.

Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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